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Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the interim bail granted to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in Sitapur case till further orders. The final hearing of the case will be on September 7. On July 8, a Vacation Bench of the apex court had granted him interim bail in the case for five days. […]

Faruqui and four others were arrested on January 1 following a complaint by a BJP MLA's son that alleged objectionable remarks about Hindu deities.

The bench also said the Supreme Court, high courts and lower courts must be alive to the misuse of criminal law by the state machinery.

A vacation bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee, which ordered that the accused shall not try to meet any witness in the case, said their release should not be delayed

The HC noted that the petitioner (Goswami) has the remedy under law to approach the sessions court concerned and seek regular bail.

The court also said that the order would also be applicable to 356 prisoners who were granted bail by the high court and they would have to surrender before the jail authorities on November 13.